How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time
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4 Q9 ?: J, V z! Q, A5 E% z" GThe clear and present danger
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If the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain astvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 w/ K# Y% H4 d' [
picturesque after a hundred years, with cows and goats roaming all over
- p" w$ P) v( l4 U1 o! bos.tvboxnow.comthe country sparsely populated by humans.
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2 q7 P+ K# K" [9 p cA hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.
6 ?2 i# Y3 `2 Y% V3 r8 G; }os.tvboxnow.comThe tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many
6 j0 T/ S3 |& w/ C- p3 ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbnew-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those
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How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?
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Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sightos.tvboxnow.com; f$ D- @: y4 p
20 years later.
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in 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the4 j) A0 g' A8 D i
Chinese population less and less., t: h# `. ?+ O& n6 E8 b
6 H: U/ \6 [8 c# n公仔箱論壇The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of* e3 }) _" d4 ?& i7 }4 v) P
the pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,
* j$ z$ i" c, b5 \: M( b% {0 K公仔箱論壇but because those who could afford would have sent their children" }) }( D' k7 Z% z% e
overseas, who would decide not to come back.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 D% B1 Y' Z# Q- u
"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the
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, P U! d$ l; [$ H- yStatistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystemsTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. E( U) v( G( U/ {6 |$ ^3 T T0 q q
are not here without a reason.公仔箱論壇7 ?9 s( r/ m% X1 N3 A4 E3 }
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MM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarks
# f$ ~. D! m* B2 Dhave touched the hearts of many a Malaysian.
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If this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we can( ?/ Q; w8 E$ n3 h3 f
imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ B2 T5 K+ ]+ X8 L$ j. n
hundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to% n5 c( b% u4 E' |) v. j
carefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch a
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That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope wetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; F I: ^5 v, w2 e
will not be reduced to a rare species by then.公仔箱論壇' U2 j, C% }! Y8 V+ n4 g/ M! a8 b
+ W! X. q3 ^# H2 Zos.tvboxnow.comThe ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady
|5 e* o$ r! f7 Z0 ddecline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,
T- v1 V5 H! Q; I0 k; w. B7 q' Vthey will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressive
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This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.
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But Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait公仔箱論壇4 _3 g. Y4 E; w& j7 T* S
helplessly for such a destiny to befall them.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 V& N7 o- F8 Q
4 V) e( Y6 ]0 ^3 g) mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths andTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& ]7 J( E: o+ i/ R& d% N
be in firm control of their own fates before they can divert such aos.tvboxnow.com7 P" K$ D% [" J9 p, N- G0 p& q
predestination.
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The next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinese
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community is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians will/ \2 z3 \7 q; G \8 Z& U
exit the country in droves.
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8 P: r' G [' X r- ~5 r公仔箱論壇On the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,
, V. p7 u+ |; i) o( itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbconflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, the7 ?! [ S7 p( f( ?
common Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit of
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3 S/ d. z, f+ O% R8 Vmuch more promising future here.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. T! G' x: O& k
So will Malaysia .公仔箱論壇9 N% h! T. L' R- s
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element for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will
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: Y# H; k8 z5 kos.tvboxnow.comIn this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
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internal conditions remain this bleak.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ }7 r8 G% T- j* W3 A$ L$ j2 Q
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We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years
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Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking
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community further, blurring their vision of the clear and present
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What the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre and
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